Over the past half century, China has remained in the top spot, but it is expected to be overtaken by India in 2022. In 2020, India is predicted to have over 1,383,000 million citizens, compared to China’s 1,402,000 million.
Just eight years later, India is set to have gained over 100 million people, while China’s population is only expected to have increased by 1.4 million.
There’s another country on the list that is growing rapidly: Nigeria. In 1950, Nigeria had a population of around 37 million. By 2015, it was more than 182 million. This nation, which has a high fertility rate and a large youth population, will continue to see rapid expansion, and is expected to overtake the US to become the third most populous nation by 2060.
Russia is shrinking itself out of the top 10 rather quickly.
Source: buff.ly